Koshi Provincial Assembly

The Koshi Provincial Assembly also known as the Koshi Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: कोशी प्रदेश सभा) is the unicameral legislature of Koshi Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated at the provincial capital at Biratnagar in Morang District at the District Coordination Committee Office. The assembly has 93 members of whom 56 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 37 are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier.

 History 
The Provincial Assembly of Province No. 1 (now Koshi Province) is formed under Article 175 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 which guarantees a provincial legislative for each province in the country. The first provincial elections were conducted for all seven provinces in Nepal and the elections in Province No. 1 was conducted for 93 seats to the assembly. The election resulted in a victory for the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and CPN (Maoist Centre) alliance which later went on to form a coalition government under Sher Dhan Rai from CPN (UML). The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 5 February 2018. Pradeep Kumar Bhandari from CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly, and Saraswoti Pokharel from Maoist Centre as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.

 List of assemblies 
Election YearAssemblyStart of termEnd of termSpeakerChief MinisterParty20171st Assembly5 February 20182022Pradeep Kumar BhandariSher Dhan Rai(Cabinet)CPN (UML)Bhim Acharya(Cabinet)Rajendra Kumar Rai(Cabinet)CPN (Unified Socialist)20222nd Assembly1 January 2023IncumbentBaburam GautamHikmat Kumar Karki(Cabinet)CPN (UML)

 Committees 
Article 195 of the Constitution of Nepal provides provincial assemblies the power to form special committees in order to manage working procedures.
S.No.Committee1Justice, Administration and Legislation2Good Governance and Planning3Finance4Public Accounts5Social Development6Industry, Tourism and Environment7Natural Resources and Infrastructure Development

 Current composition 

PartyParliamentary party leaderSeatsCPN (UML)Hikmat Kumar Karki40Nepali CongressUddhav Thapa29CPN (Maoist Centre)Indra Bahadur Angbo13Rastriya Prajatantra PartyBhakti Prasad Sitaula6CPN (Unified Socialist)Rajendra Kumar Rai4People's Socialist PartyNirmala Limbu1Total93

 Related pages 
 Koshi Province

References

Category:Government of Koshi Province
Category:Unicameral legislatures